Freedom 251 will cost mere 251 Indian rupees or around PKR 390 for a four inch smartphone that will run on Android.

Company behind the phone was severally criticized at the time for claiming an impossible selling price. It was largely labelled as a hoax as experts had said that no smartphone could be manufactured below USD 20.

It now appears that criticism was not entirely wrong, as company is going to lose money on each smartphone it will ship. However, it may make profits down the line as scale of production will increase after the shipment of first batch.

Mohit Goel, the founder and CEO of Ringing Bells, while speaking with Indian Express said:

“We will have a loss, but I am happy that the dream of connecting rural and poor Indians as part of the Digital India and Make in India initiatives has been fulfilled with Freedom 251.”

Company is planning to open further pre-orders after the shipment of first batch on June 30th.

Here are the specs of the phone:

1.3GHz quad-core processor

1GB Ram

8GB internal member

Up to 32 GB external memory

8MP primary camera with flash

3.2MP front camera

1,450 mAh battery

Will run on Android 5.1

Dual SIM support

3G enabled

Price: USD 4

There’s no word on the performance of the phone as Indian media wasn’t demoed the phone, instead it was only allowed to take a picture of the phone (showed above).

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Well I would recommend review of this phone done by Lou from ‘Unbox Therapy’ he tested extensively and also busted this ‘made in India myth’ …. he actually called this phone a knock-off of a knock-off… its a Chinese phone rebranded as indian .. check his video(remove space on either side of dot after pasting link in address bar)